You suggested turning back to join the crowd watching<\/p>\n
the bald eagle in the field, but I said to keep going, the long drive ahead of us.<\/p>\n
There is no inspiration for poetry, no joy in the memories.<\/p>\n
Abuse recolors them, strips away even the nostalgic remembrance<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
of happier times in a lost relationship. Stripped the magic<\/p>\n
from the rooftop of the cathedral in Milan, walking amongst the statues<\/p>\n
with my broken toe and gazing over the city, from the crashing<\/p>\n
moving fractals of the devil’s waterfall in Iguazu that overwhelmed my mind<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
in a way I’ve never felt before, from the marketplace in Cordoba<\/p>\n
where I picked up the toadstool earrings from a local artisan,<\/p>\n
far from the tourist markets of the capital city with their Argentina-stamped leather.<\/p>\n
Will a day come when I have snipped your picture from the photographs of my mind,<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
be able to talk about the view from the window we–I–saw<\/p>\n
overlooking the roof of the church from my temporary living room<\/p>\n
without that hesitation of a shadow over my heart where your figure should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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